#rite

A novelist who writes nothing for 10 years finds his reputation rising. Because I keep on producing books they say there must be something wrong with this fellow. ↗

— J. B. Priestley

#books #fellow #finds #his #i

The greatest writers of this age... are aware of the mystery of our existence. ↗

— J. B. Priestley

#aware #existence #greatest #greatest writers #mystery

When I was 8, my favorite toy was a stapler. My brother was afraid of me. ↗

— Emily Procter

#brother #favorite #i #me #toy

Every reader finds himself. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument that makes it possible for the reader to discern what, without this book, he would perhaps never have seen in himself. ↗

— Marcel Proust

#discern #every #finds #himself #instrument

There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favorite book. ↗

— Marcel Proust

#childhood #days #favorite #fully #lived

It's the sense of what family is at the dinner table. It was the joy of knowing mother was in the kitchen making our favorite dish. I wish more people would do this and recall the joy of life. ↗

— Paul Prudhomme

#dinner table #dish #family #favorite #i

For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#essential #fiction #free #imagination #order

Bach and Beethoven, all of them, they had to write something to please the upper structure, those with money and power. ↗

— Sun Ra

#beethoven #had #money #please #power

As an actor, there is room for a certain amount of creativity, but you're always ultimately going to be saying somebody else's words. I don't think I'd have the stamina, skill or ability to write a novel, but I'd love to write short stories and poetry, because those are my two passions. ↗

— Daniel Radcliffe

#actor #always #amount #because #certain

I think one of my favorite things to do is just lock myself up in a small room and listen to music and watch films for a day. Also I just like seeing my friends. We have pizza parties which means I get four friends round, we eat a pizza and we're really lazy and we play PlayStation. ↗

— Daniel Radcliffe

#day #eat #favorite #favorite things #films